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Perfectly proportioned and scantily clad with wrinkle-free skin. And those are just the patrons. Excuse the joke. America’s modern stereotype of Los Angelenos pairs nicely with a dazzling exhibit on display through January 27, 2019 at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles: The Renaissance Nude. With masterworks on loan from the Louvre, The Met, t...

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The most popular and valuable painting in the world is one of the only four portraits done by the Italian genius Leonardo Da Vinci: the Mona Lisa, a world-famous masterpiece of the Italian Reinassance and a can’t miss symbol of Paris. Leonardo da Vinci started the artwork on commission by the nobleman Francesco Di Bartolomeo Del Giocondo, who lived...

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018 | 6:30-8:30pm. The Italian Cultural Institute, 601 Van Ness Ave, Suite F (Opera Plaza), San Francisco, CA. Organized in collaboration with the San Francisco Leonardo da Vinci Society. Free Admission | RSVP Required. Join Massimo Paltrinieri and discover how Leonardo's inventions are driving AI development today! Artificia...

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When: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM - Where: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL In this lecture, Dr. Daniele Macuglia will investigate the professional relationships that arose between artists and anatomists during the Italian Renaissance. Starting with an overview of the collaboration between Leonardo da Vinci...

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Renaissance Art Conversations XII - Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi: Restoration, History, and Meaning. Dr. Emily Fenichel. Sunday - October 21, 2018. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Boca Raton Museum of Art - In Mizner Park - 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432. RSVP 561-392-2500 Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi from the Uffizi Gallery is an unfinished altar...

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Si è svolta il 9 ottobre nell’auditorium della Morgan Library & Museum di New York – luogo emblematico poiché conserva un prezioso disegno del Genio – la Première del corto “Being Leonardo da Vinci” diretto e interpretato da Massimiliano Finazzer Flory. L’anteprima ha riscontrato il tutto esaurito alla Morgan Library di New York. Lunghi applausi ha...

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When: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 From 6:00 pm To 7:30 pm - Where: Lohrfink Auditorium, Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, 2nd Floor, 3700 O Street NW, Washington, DC, 20002 In anticipation of the 2019 celebration of the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, the Georgetown University Italian Research Institute, in collab...

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Mandeep R. Mehra, medical director of the Heart & Vascular Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, took a long look at Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece, “Mona Lisa,” while standing in line last summer at the Louvre. That was when he decided that the Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini, who the work is thought to be of, likely suffered from...

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There's nothing like a sip of espresso to wake you up. With its distinctive, strong taste, it's a drink enjoyed by millions worldwide. But its invention at the turn of the 20th century wasn't an easy process. The drink was invented by Luigi Bezzerra, who discovered a way to speedily produce a single shot espresso in just seconds. While the principl...

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Three of Leonardo da Vinci's greatest masterpieces, which were until this week housed in separate rooms at the Uffizi Gallery, are now on display together in a room dedicated exclusively to the Renaissance genius. The development is one of several revolutionary changes brought about by the gallery's director, German art historian Eike Schmidt. The...

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